Yay this week i hit my 14th month mark & im still amazed at how fast time moves!!
Tuesday: we first went to Lilburn because Sister Swapp had a meeting with all the tech specialists in the mission. After that tho we had exchanges with one of the companionship of sisters in the zone! Exchanges are basically where you switch companions for the day or a few hours & learn different ways of doing missionary work & get to check in on them & make sure they're doing good!! It went really well & its fun being able to get to serve so personally with so many sisters!!
Wednesday: we had interviews with President Harris ALL day!! We got to the church @ 10am & were there until 5pm! Lucky for us we were able to leave to have lunch with a new family in our ward & welcome them to Winder but for the most part we were there all day! Interviews were good tho!! President Harris is great & its VERY interesting to see the difference in how him & President Marsh do things! We also went to this yummy protein place for my 14 months so that was fun!!
Thursday: we had Distrcit Council & the Elders gave a training on studying!! It reminded me how lucky we are to have this time to studying the gospel & learn all we can about Jesus Christ. During the time being quarantined I have felt like studying hasnt meant much because I have no one to study for because we havent been teaching much. After this training I gained so much more motivation & gratitude to be given this time to truly study the scriptures! What better thing to do than to come closer to Jesus Christ during all this Chaos!! Even if its just an extra 5-10 minutes a day i know that studying scriptures & the words of modern prophets can help us feel peace & joy & so much more purpose. So longs story short, study for just a little extra to being more peace into your life.
We also did another exchange with some sisters & we went & taught Sister Mixon!! Unfortunately we arent going to be able to go see her in person anymore due to the increase of covid but ot was sooo good to visit her!! She is a lady with much sass & i loveee it!! We talked about Alma 32 & how faith is like a seed that needs to be planted & then nurished. I think its sooo important to remember that faith is an on going action. We dont just gain faith once & then were done. Its an on going process of doing things that bring us closer to Christ.
We also taught TRICIA!!! Tricia was supposed to moved to Virginia so we referred her to the missionaries there & come to find out her apartment fell through & nothing was seeming to workout in Virginia so she moved back here!! It was literally an answer to prayers because she is so prepared & we wanted to teach her so bad!!
Friday: we had exchanges with the Senior STLs & it went sooo good! We helped a family in our ward pack & get ready to move & it was sooo fun!! I was able to learn so much from Sister Huang especially on new ideas to further the work during corona & ways to help the zone!! It was such a good day!
Saturday: we finished helping the family pack & paint their home & wow i love doing service!! Come to find out this family has soooo many animals! I held 2 snakes & sugar glider!! tbh i could go for a pet snake when I get home hahah
Sunday: we had a meeting with our stake leadership & after we were able to go to a members home for the sacrament. I love members & have such a love for member missionary work!! Building relationships with the members is one of the best things we can do to strengthen the ward & find more people to bring to Christ.
I am so blessed to be a missionary!! I love my Savior & i love yall! Have the best week!!
Xoxo, Sister Barton
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